(COLORADO) — Colorado House Republicans elected State Representative Jarvis Caldwell from Monument as their new leader on Saturday, Sept. 20, following the resignation of former leader Rose Pugliese of Colorado Springs.

The election took place remotely on Saturday at 8 a.m., marking a significant change in leadership for the Colorado House Republicans. Caldwell, who is in his first year in the House, will step into the role after Pugliese resigned last week, citing a toxic environment at the Capitol as her reason for stepping down.

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Balancing a budget, doing taxes, investing. All things many adults know how to do — but young people? Many aren’t so sure. There’s a bipartisan push to change that situation – but it's run into some opposition in the mad dash to the end of the legislative session.

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Colorado parents who call their gender-confused kids by their birth names and sex could be punished by the courts in custody disputes, according to a Democratic bill quickly making its way through the state legislature.

House Bill 25-1312 would require courts making child-custody decisions to consider “deadnaming” or “misgendering” as types of coercive control. It says that courts “shall consider reports of coercive control when determining the allocation of parental responsibilities in accordance with the best interests of the child.”

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DENVER, Colorado — Colorado legislators are split over House Bill 25-1312, which seeks to expand anti-discrimination protections for transgender individuals and clarify how gender identity issues are handled in custody disputes.

Democratic Rep. Rebekah Stewart, one of the bill's sponsors, explains that the bill really includes "three buckets," with the most controversial addressing child custody and family law. 

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DENVER — A new bill could help businesses throughout Colorado save money by prohibiting credit card companies from implementing transaction fees on tips and sales tax.

This would come as relief to small businesses who are struggling financially and facing the challenges of food prices and minimum wage costs.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -In a 6-3 vote a Colorado House Committee votes to kill a bill that would have increased the penalties for theft in Colorado.

“They were worried that we were gonna put people who shoplift five dollars in jail and that’s not anything to do with my bill. I think that we tend to put criminals' rights over victims' rights. They were saying that when we take freedoms away from people that we have to be very careful when doing that,” said Colorado Representative Brandi Bradley…

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Nearly a third of Colorado's 65 House members are new to the statehouse this year. They come from all walks of life and bring a variety of experiences to their new jobs, which, in the end, will likely shape the policy proposals they bring to the chamber floor. It’s a demanding job, with a steep learning curve.

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About one quarter of Colorado legislators next session will be new to the Capitol building. The bulk of them will be representatives stepping into their first term in office.

Seven current representatives will also shuffle to the Senate. That includes Democratic Sens.-elect Marc Snyder, Cathy Kipp, Judy Amabile, Lindsey Daugherty and Mike Weissman, and Republican Sens.-elect Lisa Frizell and Marc Catlin.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -Following the last legislative session when democrats introduced a group of gun bills, two state republican representatives are standing up what they call a “Second Amendment Caucus.”

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DENVER — A bipartisan bill that aims to make it easier for veterans to become police officers in Colorado passed out of the House of Representatives after a 59-5 vote on Monday… READ More—>

Jarvis Caldwell, who worked for the Colorado House Republicans as a legislative aide and later as communications director, announced Monday he will seek the House District 20 seat.

Rep. Don Wilson, R-Monument, who currently serves the district, announced recently he will not seek a second term and will instead run for El Paso County commissioner.

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DENVER — The Jefferson County deputy whose K-9 was killed while working to apprehend a suspect in February has applauded a recent bill signed into law to increase penalties for cruelty to K-9s…

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No one understands the needs of children like their parents. This is true in nearly every facet of a child’s life. The love I have for my own children cannot be matched by any individual, agency, or organization on this Earth. No one — not a teacher, medical provider, or the government — understands best the emotional, physical, and behavioral patterns of a child like parents do…

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Stephanie Luck formally announced her candidacy on Saturday to be the Republican candidate for state House District 47.

“When I think of my students and look at what is happening in Denver, I am compelled to act,” Luck said in a statement. “If my former students approached me in twenty years asking, ‘Where were you when the state was infringing on our property rights, when they were attacking family, free markets and fundamental freedoms? Where were you when they were stealing our heritage and our future?’ I want to be able to say, ‘I was fighting.'”

Stephanie Luck formally announced her candidacy on Saturday to be the Republican candidate for state House District 47.

“When I think of my students and look at what is happening in Denver, I am compelled to act,” Luck said in a statement. “If my former students approached me in twenty years asking, ‘Where were you when the state was infringing on our property rights, when they were attacking family, free markets and fundamental freedoms? Where were you when they were stealing our heritage and our future?’ I want to be able to say, ‘I was fighting.'”

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